Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Professor Emeritus of the Economics of Technological Change, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University and Professor Emeritus of Industrial Economics, Blekinge Institute of Technology, the late Börje Johansson, formerly Professor of Economics, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University, Jönköping and Director, CESIS (Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies), Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden and the late Roger R. Stough, formerly School of Policy, Government and International Affairs, George Mason University, US

'This edited book has assembled an impressive array of regional scientists, and it proposes a number of new issues (such as diversity or institutional cooperation) or fresh approaches to old ones (such as agglomeration and innovation) that now require further investigation.'

• Contents:PrefaceIntroduction: The Rise of Regions: Innovation, Agglomeration and Regional CompetitionBörje Johansson, Charlie Karlsson and Roger R. StoughPART I: INNOVATION, AGGLOMERATION AND LOCATION1. Regional Interaction and Economic Diversity: Exploring the Role of Geographically Overlapping Markets for a Municipality’s Diversity in Retail and DurablesMartin Andersson and Johan Klaesson2. Regions in Competition and Cooperation: Opportunities for Cross-Border Collaboration in Support of Irish Micro-EnterprisesJim Bell, Denise Crossan, Patrick Ibbotson and Fred Scharf3. Ownership, Succession and Entrepreneurship in an Ageing Society: Is There a Transition Problem?Per-Olof Bjuggren and Daniel Wiberg4. Telecommunications and Regional Disparities in an Era of Globalization: From Conceptual Issues to Measurable Policy ImpactsRoberta Capello5. Spatial Policies, Planning and Urban Competitiveness: The Particular Case of LondonPaul Cheshire6. Regional R&D Outsourcing in Bioscientific IndustriesPhilip Cooke7. Towards New European Peripheries?Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura8. Elements of a Knowledge Network Learning ModelKingsley E. Haynes and Hiroyuki ShibusawaPART II: REGIONAL COMPETITION9. Is Competition Between Regions Welfare-Increasing?Gerhard C. Geerdink and Peter J. Stauvermann10. Accessibility to R&D and Patent ProductionUrban Gråsjö11. Location of New Industries: The ICT Sector 1990–2000Börje Johansson and Thomas Paulsson12. Agency Control Mechanisms and Innovative EffortRaquel Ortega-Argilés, Rosina Moreno and Jordi Suriňach Caralt13. Science-based Regional Development in a Small Region: Scope of Collective Action for Regional GovernmentsKnut Koschatzky14. Agglomeration Economies and Firm Growth: Testing for Spatial Externalities in the Dutch ICT IndustryFrank G. van Oort and Erik Stam15. Competition and Cooperation in Economic Development Among Local Jurisdictions in a Large Urban AreaRoger R. Stough, Rajendra Kulkarni and Jean H.P. PaelinckIndex

Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Professor Emeritus of the Economics of Technological Change, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University and Professor Emeritus of Industrial Economics, Blekinge Institute of Technology, the late Börje Johansson, formerly Professor of Economics, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University, Jönköping and Director, CESIS (Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies), Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden and the late Roger R. Stough, formerly School of Policy, Government and International Affairs, George Mason University, US

'This edited book has assembled an impressive array of regional scientists, and it proposes a number of new issues (such as diversity or institutional cooperation) or fresh approaches to old ones (such as agglomeration and innovation) that now require further investigation.'

• Contents:PrefaceIntroduction: The Rise of Regions: Innovation, Agglomeration and Regional CompetitionBörje Johansson, Charlie Karlsson and Roger R. StoughPART I: INNOVATION, AGGLOMERATION AND LOCATION1. Regional Interaction and Economic Diversity: Exploring the Role of Geographically Overlapping Markets for a Municipality’s Diversity in Retail and DurablesMartin Andersson and Johan Klaesson2. Regions in Competition and Cooperation: Opportunities for Cross-Border Collaboration in Support of Irish Micro-EnterprisesJim Bell, Denise Crossan, Patrick Ibbotson and Fred Scharf3. Ownership, Succession and Entrepreneurship in an Ageing Society: Is There a Transition Problem?Per-Olof Bjuggren and Daniel Wiberg4. Telecommunications and Regional Disparities in an Era of Globalization: From Conceptual Issues to Measurable Policy ImpactsRoberta Capello5. Spatial Policies, Planning and Urban Competitiveness: The Particular Case of LondonPaul Cheshire6. Regional R&D Outsourcing in Bioscientific IndustriesPhilip Cooke7. Towards New European Peripheries?Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura8. Elements of a Knowledge Network Learning ModelKingsley E. Haynes and Hiroyuki ShibusawaPART II: REGIONAL COMPETITION9. Is Competition Between Regions Welfare-Increasing?Gerhard C. Geerdink and Peter J. Stauvermann10. Accessibility to R&D and Patent ProductionUrban Gråsjö11. Location of New Industries: The ICT Sector 1990–2000Börje Johansson and Thomas Paulsson12. Agency Control Mechanisms and Innovative EffortRaquel Ortega-Argilés, Rosina Moreno and Jordi Suriňach Caralt13. Science-based Regional Development in a Small Region: Scope of Collective Action for Regional GovernmentsKnut Koschatzky14. Agglomeration Economies and Firm Growth: Testing for Spatial Externalities in the Dutch ICT IndustryFrank G. van Oort and Erik Stam15. Competition and Cooperation in Economic Development Among Local Jurisdictions in a Large Urban AreaRoger R. Stough, Rajendra Kulkarni and Jean H.P. PaelinckIndex

Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Professor Emeritus of the Economics of Technological Change, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University and Professor Emeritus of Industrial Economics, Blekinge Institute of Technology, the late Börje Johansson, formerly Professor of Economics, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University, Jönköping and Director, CESIS (Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies), Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden and the late Roger R. Stough, formerly School of Policy, Government and International Affairs, George Mason University, US

'This edited book has assembled an impressive array of regional scientists, and it proposes a number of new issues (such as diversity or institutional cooperation) or fresh approaches to old ones (such as agglomeration and innovation) that now require further investigation.'

• Contents:PrefaceIntroduction: The Rise of Regions: Innovation, Agglomeration and Regional CompetitionBörje Johansson, Charlie Karlsson and Roger R. StoughPART I: INNOVATION, AGGLOMERATION AND LOCATION1. Regional Interaction and Economic Diversity: Exploring the Role of Geographically Overlapping Markets for a Municipality’s Diversity in Retail and DurablesMartin Andersson and Johan Klaesson2. Regions in Competition and Cooperation: Opportunities for Cross-Border Collaboration in Support of Irish Micro-EnterprisesJim Bell, Denise Crossan, Patrick Ibbotson and Fred Scharf3. Ownership, Succession and Entrepreneurship in an Ageing Society: Is There a Transition Problem?Per-Olof Bjuggren and Daniel Wiberg4. Telecommunications and Regional Disparities in an Era of Globalization: From Conceptual Issues to Measurable Policy ImpactsRoberta Capello5. Spatial Policies, Planning and Urban Competitiveness: The Particular Case of LondonPaul Cheshire6. Regional R&D Outsourcing in Bioscientific IndustriesPhilip Cooke7. Towards New European Peripheries?Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura8. Elements of a Knowledge Network Learning ModelKingsley E. Haynes and Hiroyuki ShibusawaPART II: REGIONAL COMPETITION9. Is Competition Between Regions Welfare-Increasing?Gerhard C. Geerdink and Peter J. Stauvermann10. Accessibility to R&D and Patent ProductionUrban Gråsjö11. Location of New Industries: The ICT Sector 1990–2000Börje Johansson and Thomas Paulsson12. Agency Control Mechanisms and Innovative EffortRaquel Ortega-Argilés, Rosina Moreno and Jordi Suriňach Caralt13. Science-based Regional Development in a Small Region: Scope of Collective Action for Regional GovernmentsKnut Koschatzky14. Agglomeration Economies and Firm Growth: Testing for Spatial Externalities in the Dutch ICT IndustryFrank G. van Oort and Erik Stam15. Competition and Cooperation in Economic Development Among Local Jurisdictions in a Large Urban AreaRoger R. Stough, Rajendra Kulkarni and Jean H.P. PaelinckIndex